14 DECEMBER 1907, Page 27

We have received from the S.P.C.K. various Almanacs and Calendars,

as the Churchman's Remembrancer, with the usual ecclesiastical information, together with diary, pages for accounts, &c. ; The Churchman's Almanac, in various shapes and of various sizes ; Calendars for the wall and for the desk, &c.,—all well got up and serviceably arranged.—The British Almanac (Cassell and Co., is.) appears for the eighty-first time. Its sub-title of "Family Cyclopaedia of Useful Information" seems to be fully justified.—The British Journal Photographic Almanac (II. Greenwood and Co., is. net) rivals, or even surpasses, in magnitude all its competitors, scientific or other, with its nine hundred and sixty pages. Add to this about half as many more of advertisements, and you get an imposing volume. Did any other invention grow to such proportions in less than a century as photo- graphy has done P—We have also received from Messrs. Hills and Co. in the "for the Empire" Series, and others, various well-got-up Calendars and Christmas Cards of various shapes, sizes, and prices. A pretty little volume, The Book Lover's Kalendar, must not be forgotten.